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Italy vs Belgium, 2017

League Two 2017/18 · 2017
Italy
2 – 0
Full Time
Belgium
Sat 24 Mar 2018 · 17:15 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

Italy vs Belgium — Premier League .

Match Details

Closing Odds (1X2)

Italy 1.60
Draw 4.33
Belgium 6.00

Head-to-Head

5
1
Italy 6 games · Avg 2.2 goals Belgium
Last 5 meetings
2018-03-24 Italy 2–0 Belgium 2017-08-12 Belgium 1–0 Italy 2017-04-08 Belgium 0–1 Italy 2016-12-30 Italy 3–1 Belgium 2016-06-13 Belgium 0–2 Italy

Recent Form

Italy
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
24 Mar Belgium H 2–0 W
17 Mar Blyth Town FC A 1–1 D
13 Mar Northern Ireland A 2–2 D
10 Mar Switzerland H 1–2 L
03 Mar Republic of Ireland A 1–1 D
24 Feb Portugal H 2–2 D
Belgium
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
24 Mar Italy A 0–2 L
17 Mar Slovakia H 0–2 L
13 Mar Germany H 1–1 D
10 Mar Northern Ireland A 0–1 L
24 Feb Wales A 1–0 W
20 Feb Russia H 1–3 L

Key Stats

33% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)
33% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The game is set. Italy kicks off things out of here…
  • Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-0.

Lineups

Italy Lineups

Belgium Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Emanuele Giaccherini 1
Graziano Pelle 1
Romelu Lukaku 1
Leonardo Bonucci 1
Nicolo Barella 1
Lorenzo Insigne 1
Emanuele Giaccherini 1
Graziano Pelle 1

Head to Head

2018-03-24 Italy 2–0 Belgium 2017-08-12 Belgium 1–0 Italy 2017-04-08 Belgium 0–1 Italy 2016-12-30 Italy 3–1 Belgium 2016-06-13 Belgium 0–2 Italy

Italy Form

2018-03-24 Italy 2–0 Belgium W 2018-03-17 Blyth Town FC 1–1 Italy D 2018-03-13 Northern Ireland 2–2 Italy D 2018-03-10 Italy 1–2 Switzerland L 2018-03-03 Republic of Ireland 1–1 Italy D 2018-02-24 Italy 2–2 Portugal D

Belgium Form

2018-03-24 Italy 2–0 Belgium L 2018-03-17 Belgium 0–2 Slovakia L 2018-03-13 Belgium 1–1 Germany D 2018-03-10 Northern Ireland 1–0 Belgium L 2018-02-24 Wales 0–1 Belgium W 2018-02-20 Belgium 1–3 Russia L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
1.43 Italy xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.82 Belgium xG
I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 61% + Under — clean sheet likely 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Italy54% Draw27% Belgium19%
Actual: Italy win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes43% 0% No57%
Avg goals/match: 2.25
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 87%
13%
± 1.5 66%
34%
± 2.5 39%
61%
± 3.5 20%
80%
± 4.5 8%
92%

Double Chance

Italy or Draw
81%
Draw or Belgium
46%
Italy or Belgium
73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Italy34% Draw51% Belgium15%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 0
14%
1 – 1
13.2%
0 – 0
12.8%
2 – 0
Actual
2 – 1
8.6%
0 – 1
7.4%
3 – 0
4.9%
1 – 2
4.8%
3 – 1
4.2%
2 – 2
3.6%
0 – 2
3.3%
3 – 2
1.8%

Asian Handicap — Italy

Handicap Italy covers Push Belgium covers
-2.5 10% — 90%
-2 10% 15% 75%
-1.5 25% — 75%
-1 25% 25% 50%
-0.5 50% — 50%
+0.5 80% — 20%
+1 80% 13% 6%
+1.5 94% — 6%
+2 94% 5% 2%
+2.5 98% — 2%

Clean Sheet

Italy keeps clean sheet
45% ✗
Belgium keeps clean sheet
25% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.